The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-08
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The Great Western, Dunn, and kiDsiaH
Mfaes ax See,s bs Prof.. G. ~. Lasrfes--
Market Reports--Ihe Nsr Rasge-- The
Sheiden a shefer Niue 20 Rex.me--The
Lo~xseood Mise--Nof~s.
[Advance sheets OF Prof C. D. Lawton sforth-
coming report
THE STAR IRON CO.
One year ago when visited the mine
[the Great Westernl il was idle and full
OF water. Capt. Hooper was then en-
gagged exploring with the diamond drill
and reported excellent results. Subse-
quently, in February thereafter, the mine
was pumped out and matters put into
shape for the active prosecution OF min
ing work and the results has been that
26,725 tons Of ore have been mined and
shipped during the first year. They have
hoisted from two shafts, numbers one
and three, and have sunk the former an
additional ''liit" OF ninety-two feet to
the fourth level, which has not been very
largely opened yet. 1t viii be available
for the coming years work. No one is
the westerly shaft, one hundred and
seventy feet east from the west line 81
property and number three is about two
hundred and twenty feet east OF the for
mer and IL down 20 the third level; they
hoist in il with bucket. Number one is "A
large lift To the third level. In the fifth
level the mine has total length, under
ground, of five hundred and ten feet,
commencing at about one hundred feet
west OF number one and extending east.
The ore * found in small lenses or pock-
cts, succeeding one another east and
west, and separated by bars OF ground"
Number one shaft was formerly an open
pit, hut has been filed and the shaft left
open through the filling; the last level
the fourth-the shaft was sunk in rock
and they have prosecuted 10 the ore.
The ore looks well in all the slopes,
though il is by no means anywhere alike
the mine. They have fine blue ore that
is Of most excellent quality Much pains
is taken i'm keeping the ore clean and free
from rock, and this care, with the good
reputation among furnace men recently
and created demand for il. The fol-
lowing analysis OF twelve samples OF the
Iron Star ore were made 10y G. T.. Wright,
Of Marquette, and Illustrate it's quota
ton. They were taken and made at
different periods: First analysis, iron,
64.02; phosphorus, org; silica, 1.62;
second iron, 62.S6; phosphorus, .05S;
silica, 20; aluminium, 2.67 third, iron,
62.03; phosphorus. .1O2; silica, 2S2;
fourth, iron, 62.72; lime, los; fifth,
iron, 63.0S; phosphorus, 102; silica,
BIS; sixth, iron, 1856; phosphorus,
.130; seventh, iron, 6i.57; lime, 1.10;
eighth, iron, 64.57 phosphorus, org;
ninth, IRON, 65.96; tenth, iron, 63.21;
phosphorus, .0S7 silica, 3.67; eleventh,
iron, 64.62; phosphorus, 107; silica,
900; twelfth, iron, 64.2o; phosphorus,
.O79; silica, 5.35.
The mine is timbcred after the Nevada
system and is in lair shape. The most
unpleasant feature connected with the
mine is the over abundance Of water. 1t
il an exceedingly wet mine. hardly see
why the upper levels and Slopes should
be so wet, but everywhere, in all parts
OF the mine, the water is dripping from
the "back" Generally, in mines, the
water finds it's way Co the bottom, leav-
ing the upper levels dry, but in the Iron
Star the first level il aswet as the fourth;
nj least il Is az disagreeable i'm this re-
spcct 10 examine. To raise the water
the force al "a number ten short stroke
Cameron at number one shaft, and "A
number eleven long-stroke Cameron mt
number three are brought into requisit-
ion. II il the plan to run the water to
thee. A launder seven hundred
feet long conducts the water from the
shafts In the direction of the river. The
total force employed is about one hum
dred men. IL has always been under
stood that the Iron Star ore was of bet
ter quality than that Of most mines in
the Crystal Fails district. when properly
selected, and the care which the present
company exercises, in this particular
leaves nothing 10 be desired. The mine
has produced as follows:
Yoar. Tons, Year. Tons
fSs3 ....... Bs7. 1sSf...............2 20, ,722
s25 .725
T0tal............. ,s5e
The mine IL in direct line from the viii